# bulldoze

> English word · Verb · IPA /ˈbʊldoʊz/ · frequency rank #64,952

## Definitions
1. To destroy with a bulldozer.
2. To push someone over by heading straight over them. Often used in conjunction with "over".
3. To push through forcefully.
4. To push into a heap, as a bulldozer does.
5. To shoot down an idea immediately and forcefully.
6. To intimidate; to restrain or coerce by intimidation or violence; used originally of the intimidation of black voters in Louisiana.

## Etymology
From earlier bulldose (noun, literally “bull-dose, a dose fit for a bull”), equivalent to bull + dose.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/bulldoze